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Farmers’ protest: Govt ‘ready to discuss proposal’ reiterates MSP, APMC points

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Farmers’ protest: Govt ‘ready to discuss proposal’ reiterates MSP, APMC points

Farmers’ protest: Govt ‘ready to discuss proposal’ reiterates MSP, APMC points

The government on Thursday asked farmer groups to consider its proposals for amending the Acts to address their concerns and said it is open to discussing its offer further whenever the unions want, but protesters remained defiant and threatened to block railway tracks too in addition to highways.

A day after protesting farmers rejected the government's offer for a written assurance on Minimum Support Price (MSP) and amend few provisions in the new farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said at a press conference that union leaders must consider the proposals and said he is ready for further discussions with them, but left it to the farmer groups to propose a date for the next round of talks.

"The government is keen and ready for further discussions with protesting farmers...To clear their apprehensions, we have sent our proposal to farmer unions.

I want to urge them to fix a date for discussion as early as possible.

If they have any issue, the government is ready for discussion," the agriculture minister said.

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